Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 16:55:03 -0400 From: stan <stanb@panix.com> To: FreeBSD Ports List <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Galeon2 open menu question Message-ID: <20030901205503.GA31603@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <20030901190906.GB29213@teddy.fas.com> References: <20030901174234.GA27192@teddy.fas.com> <20030901181005.GA850@gforce.johnson.home> <20030901183550.GB28321@teddy.fas.com> <20030901190058.GA709@gforce.johnson.home> <20030901190906.GB29213@teddy.fas.com>
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On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 03:09:06PM -0400, stan wrote: > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 02:00:58PM -0500, Glenn Johnson wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 02:35:50PM -0400, stan wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 01:10:05PM -0500, Glenn Johnson wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 01:42:34PM -0400, stan wrote: > > > > > > > > > I"m trying to set up a machine using Gnome2. One of the chages > > > > > (aparently) is that I seem to need to be running "Galen2" Well, > > > > > like a lot of the other gnome 2 stuff it seems to be sunstainly > > > > > less featurfull than the Gnome 1.4 stuff I' acustomed to, > > > > > > > > > > So, on to a specif question. When I type "CTRL O" in Galeon (the > > > > > original, I get a nice URL entry popup. In Gnome 2 I get (believe > > > > > it ot not) a FILE open window. Last time I check this application > > > > > was a WWW browser, not a file manager (like I need one of those > > > > > ?). > > > > > > > > > > So, can I change this behavior? > > > > > > > > You want to type "CTRL-L". This is pretty much the standard > > > > shortcut to enter a URL, even IE uses "CTRL-L" > > > > > > Thanks for the fast reply. > > > > > > Unfortunately typing "CTRL-L" in the version I built from ports this > > > weekend does nthing. Is this configurable? Is it possible that I need > > > to turn it on somehow? I notice that this action is not listed in the > > > "File" pulldown menu either, if that tells you anything? > > > > What "CTRL-L" will do (in galeon2) is highlight the existing URL in the > > navigation bar and put the keyboard focus there so that whatever you > > type will replace it. It will not open a dialog box. > > > > So, type "CTRL-L", enter your URL, press ENTER, and the page should load > > up. > > > > That seesm (to me) to be an _almost_ useless feature. > > Thanks for educating me. > BTW, Is it possible to buld "galeon1" on a mchine running Gnome2 safetly? By asfely I mean that the next portupgrad won't die building Gnome2, since it sees the Gnome1 libraries? -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin
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